Welcome to the world of The Bushwick New Yorkers, where middle schoolers at Bushwick Ascend talk about hot topics!
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Local stories for a strong community. Tune in for the latest from Bushwick, a rapidly changing Brooklyn neighborhood exploding with arts, activism, and entrepreneurship.
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Bushwick Junction is an interview-style show in which guests tell the stories of their lives as a series of decisions. Starting at the beginning, host Asha Saluja maps the road between birth and airtime, focusing on the big choices that led us to where we are. Is our destination fated, or can our direction at any given junction change our course forever?
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A Stand up comedy show that happens every Tuesday, Where in, the two hosts, Jericho Davidson and Graham VanBach tell stories of their weeks and happenings as they warm up the crowd. Listen in, as their lives fall apart.
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The Bushwick New Yorkers are here to bring you the hottest topics like video games, school, and more. This podcast is 100 times better than all the other podcasts in the world.Kirjoittanut New York Edge
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Students discuss the high school application process, school uniforms, school lunch, school start time, and a discussion of the book The Giver by Lois Lowry.Kirjoittanut New York Edge
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Students discuss the new season of Fortnite, plus Smash Bros., Roblox, Mario Cart, and more!Kirjoittanut New York Edge
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How to Spend a Million Dollars
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37:51It’s our season finale, and we’re closing out the year with a look at one of the most quietly radical movements gaining momentum in Bushwick, and across the city: a program that allows members of the community to directly determine how their tax dollars are spent. This week, we’re diving into the world of Participatory Budgeting with the office of …
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One of the key trends to emerge as Bushwick changes is the importance of space; who has it, who’s welcome in it, and what they can use it for. With rents increasing across the neighborhood, spaces where people can gather and organize are becoming rarer, and more critical—and some businesses see an opportunity to offer communities a home. This week,…
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Few things are as consequential to the changes happening across Bushwick as zoning laws—the rules that say what can be built and where, here in the neighborhood. Today, Bushwick is being considered for what’s called a “rezoning,” the city’s formal process for changing those rules. Everyone from city government officials to local non-profit leaders,…
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Niche, Nostalgia, and Novelty
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30:56Here in Bushwick, it’s that time of year again: Bodegas have stocked up on pumpkins, clubs are full of costumes even more spectacular than usual, and a certain spookiness fills the air. Halloween is nearly upon us. For last year’s holiday, we met with Eugene J, the mad scientist behind Bushwick’s year-round celebration of all things sweet, surprisi…
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Improving the World Through the Lens of Food
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44:56Before each episode of Bushwick Podcast, you hear a message from an organization called Heritage Radio Network, or HRN. Even if that name is new for you, the organization is anything but. HRN has spent the past decade here in the neighborhood making shows like ours possible—while building one of the world’s most unique audio archives from a secret …
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Small business owners play a unique role in Bushwick. As we’ve heard throughout the community, many entrepreneurs view their shops as opportunities to serve the neighborhood outside the scope of business as usual, whether that’s by partnering with activists or creating spaces that bride gaps in the community. But as we’ve also heard, the realities …
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Cooperative Crisis Management
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36:23As the summer comes to an end across the city, it’s the start of a new season here at Bushwick Podcast. That means we have the continued privilege of sharing more of the remarkable stories happening in the community, and the renewed duty to help break down the biggest issues facing the neighborhood today. We have some exciting episodes planned this…
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We’re hard at work getting the new season of Bushwick Podcast ready to be the best one yet, and we can’t wait for you to hear what we’ve got in store. In the meantime, we wanted to share an update on one of our most popular stories from earlier this year: “The Everyone Store.” AFTER THE EPISODE: Our sincere thanks again to our friends at the Bushwi…
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"It’s our season finale, and we’re thrilled to close out a summer of Bushwick stories by partnering with our friends at the new community media project, This Bushwick Life. Together, we sat down with an artist whose work captured Bushwick at one of its most defining moments: the early 80s. In that time, she lived many lives, from disco club kid to …
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Going for the Sock Drawer
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32:20We’ve heard in previous episodes about how Bushwick has become one of Brooklyn’s most dynamic communities for everything from food to art. Take a walk around the neighborhood, and you’re sure to notice another scene that’s thriving here: thrift stores and vintage shops. But that’s not without some complicated feelings, as some people see the increa…
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The New Dish Everyone Talks About
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33:41This week, we finish our two-part run on Vietnamese restaurants in the neighborhood by sitting down with Falansai’s Henry Trieu, one of Bushwick’s most thoughtful business owners, to better understand: As the neighborhood and its culinary scene change in unpredictable ways, what’s top of mind for a restaurateur here? AFTER THE EPISODE: We’d like to…
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As we’ve heard in previous episodes, Bushwick is one of Brooklyn’s rising culinary epicenters. One of the things that makes the scene here so dynamic is that Bushwick’s restaurants don’t just serve good food—they reflect the culinary and artistic identities of visionary chefs with roots that range from right here in the city, to communities around …
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A Path Toward Something Better
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35:27"Spend enough time around Bushwick’s artists, activists, and entrepreneurs, and you’ll start to hear the same name over and over again: Mayday Space. This week, we visit Mayday, Bushwick’s home for social movements, to learn more about one of the neighborhood’s most vital resources for everyone from local elected officials, to activist groups, to a…
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An Action at the Bushwick Block Party
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25:47Earlier this month, Bushwick hosted one of the neighborhood’s largest annual events: a daylong celebration of street art, food, and music called the Bushwick Block Party. Of the thousands of visitors that attended this year, most were there simply to enjoy the sights, bites, and sounds. But some were there to send a message. This week, we meet Mi C…
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June is Pride Month, which means that people around the world are gathering to honor the LGBTQ community with parades, parties, and celebrations of all kinds. Bushwick is home to one of New York’s most dynamic LGBTQ scenes and this month has some surprises in store, like the latest showcase from the neighborhood's very own queer, feminist theater c…
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Traveling to Galactic Federation of Sound with DJ Big Bound B!
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33:45It is a good idea to the one time discussion!
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Later this summer, spaces throughout Bushwick will be taken over by r e g i o n (e s), a radical new art series using the power of performance to explore complicated topics like community and Latin American identity. This week, we sat down with some of the folks behind the series as they prepare for this ambitious new program. AFTER THE EPISODE: Ou…
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Summer is fast approaching in Bushwick, and as the streets fill with people emerging from our cool, rainy Spring, they're also filling with something else: trash. This week, we sit down with the leaders behind Clean Bushwick Initiative to unpack the surprising ways they’re reimagining how the community can keep the neighborhood clean and livable fo…
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Bushwick is home to what may be the world's only real estate brokerage where you can simultaneously rent an apartment and...buy smokable hemp? This week, we look at the story behind The Locals Laboratory, a surprising organization trying to effect positive change in the neighborhood at the intersection of real estate and therapeutic plants. AFTER T…
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Scott has worked in the kitchens of some of the world's best restaurants. But after nearly 20 years of helping to turn other people's spaces into culinary destinations, he's opened an unforgettable restaurant of his own here in Bushwick. On this week's episode, one of New York City's rising chefs shares the remarkable journey that's brought him to …
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A first-time restaurateur looks back on a year of life, love, and business in Bushwick. AFTER THE EPISODE: You can try 191 Knickerbocker's global comfort food for yourself at 191 Knickerbocker Avenue, just off the corner of Jefferson. Find our more at their website: www.191knickerbocker.com Follow them on Instagram: @191_knickerbocker Bushwick Podc…
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Coming this May from Heritage Radio Network: the stories of how artists, activists, and entrepreneurs collide in on special Brooklyn neighborhood that's changing faster by the day. Bushwick Podcast is local stories like you've never heard before. Bushwick Podcast is powered by Simplecast.Kirjoittanut Heritage Radio Network
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Tucked away in one of the furthest corners of Bushwick, an unusual grocery store has quietly been pioneering access to healthy, high quality food in the neighborhood for nearly a decade. This week, we go behind the scenes of the Bushwick Food Co-op, an ambitious organization working at the intersection of food, justice, and community. To learn more…
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This week, we dive into the world of empathy-on-demand and meet the Bushwick-based organizer bringing together clinicians, counselors, doulas, DJs, and more to ask the question, "Who Heals the Healer?" After the episode: To find out more about Who Heals the Healer, visit their website at whohealsthehealer.com. And as always, if you have you any tho…
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The Life-Changing Magic of Doing Other People's Taxes
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32:08This week, communities around the country enter the home stretch of tax season. But here in Bushwick, tax season means more than just squaring up with the government. For some people, it's a gateway to a better life. And for others, it's the most fun time of the year. Join us as we dive into the surprising world of volunteer tax prep. Bushwick Podc…
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Mil Mundos is an ambitious new business in Bushwick: an English-Spanish bilingual bookstore and a space for visitors to "find empowerment through literature, workshops, events, and various services" with a focus on Black and Latinx communities. In this second of two parts, we sit down with the Mil Mundos team to discuss their grand opening and the …
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Mil Mundos is an ambitious new business in Bushwick: an English-Spanish bilingual bookstore and a space for visitors to "find empowerment through literature, workshops, events, and various services" with a focus on Black and Latinx communities. In this first of two parts, we sit down with the Mil Mundos team as they prepare for their grand opening …
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There are more than 230,000 small businesses throughout New York City, and here in Bushwick, the small business scene is more competitive than ever. What can new and longtime business owners do to get ahead—and what can we do as consumers to support the character of the neighborhood? We sat down with the team at NYC Small Business Services (SBS) to…
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Public education is one of the most important issues in Bushwick today. But it's also one of the most complex, with numerous agencies, organizations, and individuals all playing different roles in shaping the community's school system. The Community Education Council (CEC) is a local elected body that helps to cut through the confusion by giving a …
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Rafael Espinal Wants to Be Your Public Advocate
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31:58On Tuesday, February 26th, New York City will elect our next Public Advocate. But what is the Public Advocate, and why is it so important that you get out and vote? We sat down with one of the race’s leading candidates, Bushwick’s own Rafael Espinal, to find out. Bushwick Podcast is powered by Simplecast.…
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Growing up in South Africa, Daniel Sklaar dreamed of one day living in New York City. Now, he reflects on the remarkable journey that brought him here, and led him to become the surprising founder of FINE & RAW, Bushwick's own chocolate factory. Bushwick Podcast is powered by Simplecast.Kirjoittanut Boswijck
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There's a growing number of healthy food options in Bushwick, but for many residents these options can feel inaccessible or alienating. How can we make healthy food, and healthy living in general, more equitable for the community? The team at the plant-based cafe Sol Sips is rewriting the rules of wellness one meal, and one person, at a time. Bushw…
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Episode 30 - Abbi's A Survivor
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59:01Abbi Coulter is an Aussie transplant, advertising project manager, part-time cosmetolgist, dog mom, and cancer survivor. She tells us she envies people who make decisions easily, but in hindsight realizes that she's approached her most pivotal moments with impressive decisiveness. And she shares that her version of a happy ending is a life where sh…
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Episode 29 - Amna Lives Everywhere
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58:10Amna Shamim is a digital nomad who works remotely from all over the world as a writer and visibility consultant. She tells us about a big decision she was entrusted with as a child, and then about a relative lack of decisionmaking as a young adult, when she took the life steps that came most easily to her. But the decisions that formed the life she…
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Episode 28 - Cher Walks Away
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58:59Audio producer Cher Vincent tells us about the courage it took to walk away from what she thought was her path, not once but twice: first, getting into her dream medical school but deciding not to go, then, leaving the career she chose instead in education. But when you're as curious about the world as Cher is, you never run out of options.…
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Can you build a better world by filling it with objects that reflect more responsible values? Maria Romero is a designer trying to find out, and she's starting with the objects we use the most each day: textiles. Bushwick Podcast is powered by Simplecast.Kirjoittanut Boswijck
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Episode 27 - Amit Feels Abundance
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59:00Amit Khera breaks the Bushwick Junction mold to focus on ONE big decision: his decision to found Soul Collective, a directory of conscious community-based events in NYC.
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When Melissa needed somewhere to turn at a dark time in her life, she found support in a surprising place: Catland, a bookstore for witchcraft and the occult. Now years later, she’s become a co-owner of the bookstore, and has helped transform it into one of Bushwick’s most inclusive, radical, and civically active communities. But what does it mean …
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Episode 26 - Billy Blooms Late
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58:59Billy Crosby's tone is deceiving: in this episode, he tells us his heavy lifestory with a lighthearted ease. He felt isolated as a young person, got fired from his dream job, got married and divorced two times over, and battled addiction and depression all the while. Why so cheerful, then? Because in recent years, Billy has found comfort and succes…
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When he was a chemical engineering student, Eugene J discovered an unusual outlet for his creativity: candy making. Now, he's the head of his own candy store and factory. But in his workshop, he's not just mixing up new flavors, he's breaking ground on an ambitious artistic experiment that may just transform some of your childhood's most iconic exp…
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Disillusioned by the politics of a changing Istanbul, Dilara left her native Turkey to backpack in South America. When her travels revealed a transformative talent, she began a new journey that would see her achieve international fame and success in an unexpected field: cooking. Now, she's leaving that life behind to start the most magical chapter …
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As children, Rubens and Freddie fled the collapse of the Duvalier regime in Haiti with their family. After growing up in New York and starting families of their own, they're called back to their homeland by a tragedy decades later. Neither could have imagined the journey that would follow, one that would see them turn their lives upside down to tak…
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Episode 25 - April's Almost-Realities
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58:59April Soetarman is an experience designer, architect, and creator of art experiments with code, words and guerrilla street art at WeirdSideProjects.com. One of her latest projects feels right at home on Bushwick Junction: it's an exhibit called the Museum of Almost Realities, a collection of artifacts from the life you might have had. We talk about…
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Episode 24 - Maria Improvises
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51:02Conceptual artist and professional DJ Maria Chavez shares the story of her life's work in sound. From a condition at birth that affected her relationship to sound, to a not-quite-satisfying experience in the Houston underground electronic scene, Maria knew she needed an artistic outlet that made room for her indidviduality. So when she discovered a…
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Episode 23 - Chicago Speaks From The Heart
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58:54Chicago Figueroa is a barber and musician who's on a mission to be happy. We talk through Chicago's past lives as a raver, a goth, an audio engineer, and a female-presenting person before taking hormones and getting top surgery. Listen as we talk through taking your well-being into your own hands, and jam to Chicago's band, Permanant Wave.…
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Episode 22 - Christian Is All Entropy
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58:53Christian Larson-Sokaris is a social entrepreneur and software developer living in Brooklyn. Before that he was a fundraiser and consultant for non-profits, and before that a lobbyist and advocate in the fields of civil rights and criminal justice reform. He found these fields after leaving behind his adolescent dream of being an academic, as well …
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